Designing information and communication technologies for development

DESIGNING INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESFOR DEVELOPMENT Martin TomitschGuest talk in Political Economy of Development | 21 Sep 2011 | The University of Sydney

Contemporary technologies, which giveaccess to this information, are seen as keyenablers for economic and social changein these countries andare even believed tobe catalysts toleapfrog the formerindustrial revolution,immediately givingless developedcountries the possibilityto catch up with theWestern world. http://ict4d.at/2008/04/28/deﬁnition/

Therefore, many initiatives of theinternational IT as well as economiccommunity focus on givingless-developed countriesaccess to moderninformation andcommunicationtechnologies andtrain them to useand adapt them totheir purposes. http://ict4d.at/2008/04/28/deﬁnition/

This approach is called “Information andCommunication Technologies forDevelopment” (ICT4D). http://ict4d.at/2008/04/28/deﬁnition/

Business

Entrepreneurs

Creative industries

Invention

Invention Image source: http://pritamkabe.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/the-mobile-money-m-pesa-phenomenon-in-kenya/

Hello documentary Africaa research

Zanzibar

Mobile

Social

Status symbol

Personas

Seaweedfarminga research project

Seaweed farming

Culture

Politics

Zanzicodean education program

Free education

Web development

Basics

Local talent

“Before Zanzicode, Ithought website was likea giant lion that killpeople, but now I’mproud that I’m a websiteexperts.For now I’m designing awebsite for the ministry ofsports in Zanzibar, a lot ofthanks to Zanzicodefounders.”

Designprocess

Identify needs/ establish requirements(Re)Design Evaluate Build an interactive version Final product

http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit/

» Connect better with people.» Transform data into actionable ideas.» See new opportunities.» Increase the speed and effectiveness of creating new solutions. http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit/

http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit/

Resourcesfurther reading

http://www.socialbusinessforge.org

http://janchipchase.com/

http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/

http://whiteafrican.com/

martin.tomitsch@sydney.edu.au

All images by ICT4D.at, unless otherwise stated.For more information about the projects visit http://ict4d.at. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-sa/3.0/.

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